commovebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commoveo, commovere, commovi, commotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shake/stir up, agitate; displace, disturb, trouble/worry, upset; jolt; excite;; waken; provoke; move (money/camp); produce; cause, start (war); raise (point);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quia considerantium haeserant vultus, quicquid a spectaculo vacabat, commovebat obiter labra et me tamquam furtivis subinde osculis verberabat..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...propriis verbis ea tenebas? sin te auctoritas commovebat, nobisne omnibus et Platoni ipsi nescio quem illum anteponebas? Praesertim..."